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(No Model.)

W. W. GREENER. TOOL FOR GRIMPING METALLIC CARTRIDGE SHELLS.

.Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

N '(TIRS. MW. Wm I16v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WELLINGTON GREENER, OF BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OF WAR- WIOK, ENGLAND.

TOOL FOR CRIMPING METALLIC CARTRIDGE-SHELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,980, dated November 21, 1882. Application filed October 7, lBQ. (No model.) Patented iuEngland February 8, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM WELLINGTON GREENER, of Birn1ingham, in the county. of \Varwick, England, have invented certain Improvements in Tools for Crimping ,Metallic Cartridge-Shells, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of implements used for securing the load or charge in' cartridge-shells designed for use in shotguns, generally termed cartridge-crimpers and the invention consists primarily in providing said implements with a crimping-die of such a construction and so arranged that it will crimp the open end or mouth of the shell longitudinally by simply forcing the shell into it.

It further consists in providing the implement with detachable tubular handles provided with suitable graduations or marks to adapt them to be used as chargers or measures for the shot and powder, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure l is a side elevation, partlyin section, of my improved implement constructed to be attached to a bench or table. Fig. 2 represents the crimping-die detached, both in elevation and in perspective. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improved implement arranged V to be used as a hand-tool and having the detachable handles. Fig. 4 represents a cartridgeshell after having been'crimped on my plan.

Heretofore ithas been customary to use paper shells in shotguns, and in such the charge is readily secured in the shell by turning the end of the shell over inward. Metallic shells possess many advantages for this purpose, the principle of which is that they can be used repeatedly, and which in the country is often a matter of great importance. The objection to their use, however, is the difiicnlty of securing the charge in the shell so that it will not be loosened by the repeated firing of the other barrel, as it is well known that if both barrels be loaded with metallic shells the charge in either barrel is liable to be loosened by the firing of the other barrel; and as it is natural for a person to fire the right-hand barrel much more frequently than the other, this loosening of the charge in the shell is a serious diiiiculty. To overcome this difiiculty a metallic shell havin g special features has been devised by another party, and for which a separate application for apatent will be filed by said party hereafter, and to secure the charge in that or any similar shell is the object of m y presentinvention. 'lo accomplish this result I make use ofa die, 1). (Shown detached in Fig. 2.) This die consistsofa tubular ring having a series of projections, c, on its interior, as shown. These projections or ribs may be more or less in number, and may be formed solid with the die, as represented, or they may consist of a series of studs or pins inserted or set into holes made in the body of the die, so as to project from its inner face. Preferably, however, they are made integral with the body of the die, of a V form on their edges, more or less rounded, the mouth of the die being made conical, so the shell will more readily enter it.

In making an ordinary hand-tool on my plan, I construct it as represented in Fig. 3, in which A represents the tubular body that fits over the shell, and to the upper end of which the die D is secured in any suitable manner, it being either screwed or otherwise fastened in the collar or enlarged portion E, to which the tube A is fastened. From the collar E, on opposite sides, extends a round lug or short arm, J, on which is cut a screw-thread. I then provide two tubular handles, H, which have their outer ends closed, while their inner ends are provided with an internal screw-thread, so they can be screwed firmly onto the lugs J, as shown in Fig. 3, and can be detached therefrom when desired. One of these tubular arms H, I provide with marks and numbers to indicate the quantity of powder to be used, and the other is in like manner marked to indicate the quantity of shot required for a charge, so that by disconnecting them from the implement they can be used as chargers for loading the shells, thereby avoiding the necessity of a separate device for that purpose. If desired, these tubular arms may each be made of two tubes, arranged to slide telescopically upon each other, after the manner of ordinary chargers, for the purpose of adjusting them to hold the requisite quantity of powder and shot.

In case it be desired to make the crimper so as to attach it to a bench or table, I then conimplement may be made in the usual mannerthat is, with the arm B and a thumb-screw for clamping it to the edge of a bench, table, or board, and having the pivoted lever L, with its cross-head 1, for forcing the shell in, and the push-rod P for shoving it out after it has been crimped.

It is obvious that, if preferred, the die D ma be made solid or integral with the tube A, the only object of constructing it separately, as represented, being for convenience.

To use the implement when made in this form, the shell is simply forced intothe tubular portion A, asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, by which operation the open end of the shell is forced through the die D, which crimps it, as represented in Fig. '4. To use the tool when constructed as shown in Fig. 3, the shell is simply set upon end with its open end upward and the die shoved down over it; or the tool may be held in the hand or laid face down on a block or table having a hole through it and the shell be forced into it by hand. In

either case the end of the shell will be crimped, as represented, down to the wad which lies over the shot, by which means the charge will be held securely in the shell. The peculiar feature or construction of the shell, whereby it is adapted to be thus crimped and used, will be fully explained in an application to be hereafter filed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is-- W 1. Atoolfor securin gthe charge in shot-shells,

consisting ofa tube,A, having a die, D, provided with the teeth e, or equivalent projections, so located in said tube that the shell can be forced past said teeth or projections to any required extent, substantially as shown and described.

2. A crimping-tool provided with the detachable tubular handles H, having graduations or marks thereon, as set forth, whereby they are adapted to be used as measures for powder and shot, as set forth.

3. In a crimping-tool, the tubef, in combina- I WILLIAM WELLINGTON GREENER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM O. GREENER, THOMAS REEVES. 

